Sachin Tendulkar Birthday Special: TOP TEN Records That Made Sachin 'God Of Cricket'

Sachin Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket seven years ago but is still regarded as the best batsman to have ever played the game of cricket with 29437 runs in 200 Tests and 21367 runs in 463 ODIs at a remarkable strike rate of 86.2

Sachin Tendulkar (Image: AFP)

India's cricketing icon Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, popularly known as the 'God of Cricket' turns 47 today. When 'Lord Sachin' use to bat even the atheists' fans didn't want him to get out, and today on his birthday our cricketing hero has decided to 'not get out' on his birthday as a mark of respect towards COVID-19 warriors, who currently are batting on the front foot for India against the deadly infection. During his cricketing days, Sachin Tendulkar dominated bowlers at home, abroad and emerged as a prolific run-scorer, ton maker - ultimately an outright match-winner for the Indian cricket team. The Mumbai-teen batting prodigy  enjoyed immense success in the very beginning of his career as he became the youngest to achieve many batting milestones and attained the tag of the 'best batsman in the world' as he bloomed into one of the greatest strokemakers to have ever played the 'Gentleman's Game'. It wasn't one bit easy for Sachin to be hailed as the best batsman of his generation as he had many notable contemporaries like Windies enigmatic batting genuis Brian Lara, Australia's stylish opener Mark Waugh and Pakistan's supremely gifted opener Saeed Anwar who were great exponents of the willow in their own merit and at their peaks of the prowess in the late 90s and early 2000s. Sachin Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket seven years ago but is still regarded as the best batsman to have ever played the game of cricket notching up a whooping 15,921 runs in 200 Tests and 18.426 runs in 463 ODIs at a remarkable strike rate of 86.2. On Master Blaster's 47th birthday, let us relive the TOP TEN records that made him the 'GOD OF CRICKET' 1. Sachin Tendulkar still holds the record for scoring the most number of runs in a single edition of a World Cup. Tendulkar attained the unique milestone during 2003 World Cup when he scored a total of 673 runs from 11 matches at an average of 61.18. 2. Sachin Tendulkar managed to score five international tons before the age of twenty. He is the only player in international cricket to attain this unique feat at such a young age. 3. Sachin Tendulkar has received most Man of the Match awards in international cricket (76). He won 62 Man of the Match awards in One-Day-Internation games and 14 in Test cricket. 4. Sachin Tendulkar has scored most runs at World Cups. With 2278 runs, he is miles ahead of other batsmen in the run-scoring list at the mega cricketing event. 5. With 100 international centuries to his name, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the most tons in international cricket. 6. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest Test batsmen to have ever walked on the face of the earth and his record in the longest format of the game proves so as he has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations that had attained Test-playing status during his playing days. 7. Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record for playing the highest number of Test matches (200) and ODI matches (463). 8. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most number of 150+ scores in Test cricket (20 scores of 150+ to his credit). 9. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for hitting the most number of boundaries (2211) in One-Day-International cricket. 10. Sachin holds the record for the most number of runs in Test and ODI cricket. He has scored 15921 in Tests and 18,426 runs in ODIs.